Pinaceae FAMILY

Picea engelmannii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Picea engelmannii is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 20.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - Alberta and British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico.

HabitatMontane regions to the tree-line, especially by swamps[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Often found on poor thin rocky soils, though the best specimens are growing in deep well-drained clay-loam soils[ 229 Title The Complete Trees of N. America. Field Guide and Natural History. Publication Author Elias. T. Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Year 1980 ISBN 0442238622 Description A very good concise guide. Gives habitats, good descriptions, maps showing distribution and a few of the uses. It also includes the many shrubs that occasionally reach tree proportions. ].